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Hide and Seek: M A C Serves Up Avant-Garde Wares In Hayes Valley

Photo: Chris Anthony DiazFor those whose fashion treads a little on the creative side, San Francisco store, M A C (Modern Appealing Clothing) is the perfect location to pick up hard-to-find Belgian and Japanese brands...

Photo: Chris Anthony DiazFor those whose fashion treads a little on the creative side, San Francisco store, M A C (Modern Appealing Clothing) is the perfect location to pick up hard-to-find Belgian and Japanese brands... [#image: /photos/5582b1a5a28d9d4e05412986]||||||Photo: Chris Anthony Diaz

For those whose fashion treads a little on the creative side, San Francisco store, M A C (Modern Appealing Clothing) is the perfect location to pick up hard-to-find Belgian and Japanese brands as well as check out new collections from up and coming local designers. Brother and sister team Chris and Ben Ospital have been running the sartorial emporium since 1980 in the Tenderloin district, but the new location located in the heart of the hip Hayes Valley proves that while storefronts may come and go, quality fashion has definite lasting power. If you don’t fall in love with the gregarious shop owners or their shaggy-haired store dogs, you definitely will flip head over heels for the store’s impressive collection of Dries van Noten, Martin Margiela and Lanvin as well as pieces from fresh faces like Tsumori Chisato and Cosmic Wonder. All the pieces are displayed on art pieces from Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland which makes for a unique shopping experience akin to rummaging around your fashionable aunt’s attic closet. "We’re committed to seeking out exciting and fresh expression from Paris to Fresno, wherever it exists", says Ben. It’s a good thing for us shoppers, too--by the time we pop into the charming store, we know that the most talented and imaginative designers’ pieces will literally be right at our fingertips!